Poland: hackers used to unblock trains?
In Poland, train manufacturer Newag is taking legal action against a maintenance company which was able to unlock the on-board computers of its trains thanks to hackers. According to the hackers, these trains were locking...Read more
Leo Express trains in Central Europe are now ‘Powered by Renfe’
This month, operations of Leo Express started for the regional train service between Bratislava and Komárno, the first awarded contract since the Spanish state-owned operator Renfe took a majority stake in the Central European operator.Read more
CPK signs second contract for construction of high-speed rail tunnel
Polish company Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has signed a contract with Budimex for the construction of chambers for the Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) which will dig a 4-kilometre high-speed rail tunnel in Łódź. It will be...Read more
CPK signs agreement with Spanish high-speed rail expert ADIF
Central Transport Hub (CPK), building an integrated transport hub with new high-speed railway lines in Poland, has signed an agreement with Spanish railway infrastructure manager ADIF. The objective is to enhance strategic collaboration between the...Read more
IRS 2023 Day 1: Lessons from Polish rail, and developments in rail monitoring technology
IRS 2023The Intelligent Rail Summit (IRS) 2023 has officially kicked off this Monday in Warsaw, Poland, at the Sofitel Victoria Warsaw. A look back to the first day. What is Poland doing differently? What are the...Read more
Intelligent Rail Summit 2023 announces site visit to Nevomo
Hyperloop and magnetic levitation are promising technologies for the railway sector, and can even be integrated into existing railway tracks. A site visit to the leading company in this development, Nevomo, is scheduled during the...Read more
Two connections from Poland and Czech Republic to Ukraine launch this autumn
This autumn, two new train services connecting Ukraine and EU countries Poland and Czech Republic will be launched. The Warsaw – Rava-Ruska – Bryukhovychy connection will be launched this month in cooperation with Polish operator...Read more
Intelligent Rail Summit: Poland as playground for new technologies
Poland is laying a key piece of new European rail infrastructure. The billion-euro-CPK plan gives the country a change to be frontrunner in new wayside train monitoring systems, monitoring solutions and asset management programmes. For...Read more
Siemens Mobility presents Mireo, their most energy-efficient regional train
Siemens Mobility officially presented its regional vehicle from the Mireo platform for the first time during TRAKO 2023, in Gdansk, Poland, on 19 September 2023. The Mireo is heralded by Siemens as one of the...Read more
PKP Intercity signs with sister company Remtrak for rolling stock maintenance
PKP Intercity signed a contract for periodic repairs of 330 passenger cars with PKP Intercity Remtrak, a company belonging to the same capital group. State secretary of infrastructure Andrzej Bittel called Remtrak “one of the...Read more
Poland to electrify 1,400 km of railway lines until 2030
Poland’s investments in rail infrastructure as outlined in its updated National Rail Programme will focus on electrification, modernising the railway network and increasing train speed and connection times in the period until 2030.Read more
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Poland is laying a key piece of new high-speed rail infrastructure in the CPK project, expanding the European network. This opens the door for new wayside train monitoring systems and asset management programmes.Read more
More train services to run between Ukraine and Poland
Ukrainian Railways is increasing the number of trains to and from Poland. From September 3, another train will start running on the route Kyiv – Chelm, the third train service that will run daily to...Read more